By John W. Lillpop
Progressive policies have, over the years, produced a devastating impact in the areas of education, homeland security, financial solvency, border security, immigration law enforcement, health care, and public safety.
No where has the ruin been more dramatic than in the once great state of California, now been whittled down to a pauper state, akin to that third-world failed state just south of its border.
In particular, the manner by which illegal immigration and the death penalty have been administered at the federal and state levels have left California in a perpetual state of financial emergency and social distress.
Now, California’s “chickens are coming home to roost” in a most disturbing fashion as the U.S. Supreme Court has ordered California to release tens of thousands of its prisoners to relieve overcrowding, saying that "needless suffering and death" had resulted from putting too many inmates into facilities that cannot hold them in decent conditions.
Approximately 30 percent of California’s inmate population--about 46,000 wayward souls-- are illegal aliens, thugs with no business being here in the first place, a situation aggravated considerably by murder, bank robbery, and rape in many cases.
Will those responsible for carrying out the orders from Supreme Court take action to deport illegal alien prisoners to Mexico, Guatemala and other nations of origin?
Or will the ACLU argue that it would be unfair to deport illegals and that said felons should be released in California, without regard to the safety and security of innocent citizens?
Adding to California’s misery is the fact that leftist activist judges have essentially shut down the execution of justice (pun intended!) by holding the death penalty hostage to naive concerns about how much “pain” is involved in lethal injections including the drugs used.
To begin with, the death penalty is supposed to be painful! For goodness sakes, the objective is to kill a person against his or her will--a situation that will almost always involve pain-—which is as it should be.
Besides, how much “pain” can be really involved in a process no more violent than getting a flu shot? In fact, lethal injection produces inadequate pain to atone for the violent, ruthless behavior of many of those convicted of capital crimes..
The solution?
Those inmates sentenced to die at the hands of the law should be given five years maximum to file appeals and for the system to adjudicate said appeals. After that, executions should be carried out as soon as possible.
Let the ruin of California serve as a warning to all Americans: Progressive policies can not be implemented without destroying civilized society.
